Subject:  Fwd EPA Grant (fwd)
Date:     Tue, 21 Dec 1999 062445 -0600 (CST)
From:     "Roy L. Beavers" 
To:       emfguru 
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 21:48:25 +1000
From: Don Maisch 
To: rbeavers@mail.llion.org
Subject: Fwd: EPA Grant

Dear Roy

This grant is interesting. You may know of some EMF types who might be
interested in applying!

Regards and Merry Christmas

Don


>To:  crn-list@igc.topica.com
>From: chopyak@loka.org
>Subject: EPA Grant
>Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 05:26:59 -0800
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>Dear CRN-list,
>
>I thought some of you might find this grant announcement useful.
>
>- Jill Chopyak, The Loka Institute
>
>>
>> The EPA Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community =
>Tracking
>> (EMPACT) Metro Grant announcement for FY 00 has been posted on our
>website.  The
>> grant opened December 10 and will close April 10, 2000.  The grants =
>are
>awarded
>> in the amounts of $250,000 to $400,000 for consortia of organizations =
>led
>by a
>> local government wishing to conduct real-time environmental =
>monitoring,
>data
>> management, and communication of that environmental information to the
>public.
>> The projects must be carried out in an EMPACT metro area; the list of
>metro
>> areas (the 75 largest urban areas in the country plus 11 additional =
>cities
>to
>> cover all states) is on the EMPACT web page, which is indicated below.
>>
>> The grant application is available on-line at
>> http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa/rfa/2000empact.html
>>
>> The ultimate goal of EMPACT is to assist communities to provide
>sustainable
>> public access to environmental monitoring data and information that =
>are
>clearly
>> communicated in
>> real-time (or timely), useful, and accurate in the largest U.S.
>metropolitan
>> areas. Environmental
>> monitoring consists of the systematic measurement, evaluation, and
>communication
>>  of physical,
>> chemical, and/or biological information intended to give insight into
>> environmental conditions. EMPACT
>> seeks to assist the American public in day-to-day decision-making =
>about
>their
>> health and the
>> environment.   Additional information about the EMPACT program and
>existing
>> EMPACT projects are
>> available at http://www.epa.gov/empact.  Please feel free to contact =
>the
>> Regional representatives under
>> "contacts" on the EMPACT web page if you have questions about the =
>grant
>> application or the grant program
>> in general.  Also, please feel free to forward this information to =
>others
>in
>> your organization or in the environmental
>> field.
>>
>> This solicitation will lead to grant awards which establish pilot =
>projects
>in a
>> limited number of eligible
>> cities. The pilot projects will emphasize using advanced and =
>innovative
>> technologies to (A) monitor
>> environmental conditions and (B) provide and communicate environmental
>> information to citizens. The
>> pilots also require effective partnerships between local and state
>governments,
>> research institutions,
>> non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the private sector, and/or the
>Federal
>> Government. Data and
>> information derived from EMPACT monitoring activities must be =
>disseminated
>using
>>  terminology and
>> format that are clearly understandable, relevant, and credible to the =
>lay
>> public.
>>
>>
>> Please feel free to contact me if you have further questions; I =
>apologize
>for
>> cross-postings.
>>
>> Wienke Tax
>> USEPA Region 9
>> P.O. Box 86825
>> Tucson, AZ  85754-6825
>> 520/622-1622
>> tax.wienke@epa.gov



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